01-16-2021, 12:39 PM | #1 |
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CarPlay options - wireless or wired
Hi all. My X5 is in the paint booth so should have it fairly soon!
Had a question about CarPlay. I know there is the option for wireless CarPlay using the wireless charging pad. I’m curious if you can plug an iPhone in via usb and use CarPlay and charging via that setup or only through wireless. Couldn’t really find anything that specified this. Also, are there specific USB ports that would be the only ones to connect to I-drive with this option vs charging only? I will try the wireless charging first but just planning ahead for the reported heat issues and also saw some folks reporting issues with the wireless CarPlay dropping on occasion. Would love to hear about anyone’s experiences with the above or if recent updates solved the connectivity issues. Thanks in advance! |
01-16-2021, 12:47 PM | #2 |
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The iPhone will connect wirelessly without using the charging pad, as far as I know BMW is the only manufacturer that has wireless Apple CarPlay too. I haven’t had any heat issues with my iPhone 11 Pro Max but the longest I’ve had it on the charger is ~90 minutes, I do use wireless charging 95% of the time at home though without issue.
I only use wired charging for the occasional Apple Watch charge, other wise the wire mess is distracting. Hope this helps — Good Luck! |
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01-16-2021, 01:53 PM | #5 |
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Thanks for all of the feedback everyone - much appreciated!
Kripster I think your thread about Waze was got me thinking about the heat issues - I have an iPhone 12 Pro. Also was curious if the audio quality was any different between wired and wireless. I upgraded to the B&W system but typically listen to Apple Music, etc so I know I won’t be using the system to it’s fullest either way. Thanks again! |
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01-16-2021, 03:03 PM | #6 |
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Carplay connects via the cars built in wifi. It does not use bluetooth or wired connection. If you connect a wire, you are doing that strictly for charging purposes.
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For Apple Music, if data usage is not a concern, remember to turn on high quality streaming (default is off): Settings -> Music -> Cellular Data -> High Quality Streaming - toggle ON. |
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Great reminder, thanks!!
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I have looked but haven’t been able to find anything specific to the B&W but there are some car audio systems that can supposedly ‘simulate’ a lower compression ratio. Mixed results from what I’ve heard but haven’t seen anything on that for the B&W. It’s not like you can actually uncompress or add data to compressed audio but the algorithms used in some of those systems are supposedly pretty good at the simulation of doing that?? Have no personal experience though. And I haven’t purchased music from anywhere but Apple in years and ripped all of my old CDs into iTunes years ago as well. Probably never going to go back and do that again to put on a usb stick. Thanks again! Last edited by jg05; 01-17-2021 at 02:04 PM.. |
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By the way, don't forget to turn off 'Low data mode' on iPhone settings. Thank me later ha ha ..
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01-18-2021, 05:36 PM | #14 |
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Someone correct me if I am wrong but I believe 2021 no longer has a hard disk where you can transfer songs to its internal HDD like previous MYs.
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And yes, if this option is turned on, high quality music streaming will stop (at least for those apps which use this setting). The options for 5G network is slightly different. Instead of a Low Data Mode toggle, you can select one out of three options: "Allow more data on 5G", "Standard" or "Low Data Mode". |
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Don't recall changing the setting myself; however, this option needs to be off regardless of iPhone models, iOS versions, carrier settings you may have. Without this being turned off wireless AirPlay doesn't work well for many.
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Picked up my car today. Drove it about 25 mins from the dealership to home with Waze running on CarPlay and wireless charging. Phone heated WAY up and the iPhone screen displayed the ‘phone must cool down’ warning. Grrr
B&W sounded pretty good with CarPlay, even with the compressed music. Wasn’t ‘knock your socks off’ impressive but it sounded pretty good. More happy I upgraded for the cool speaker lights |
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01-22-2021, 08:28 AM | #22 | |
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Just runnin’ hot and charging hot. Need to get this figured out as I can see a huge deterioration in battery life if this is the norm. I could almost fry an egg on my phone it was so hot. |
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